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UNC Tight End Samuel’s Football Career Over Due to Heart Condition

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 12, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC has announced two injuries to members of the football team. A release from the university says freshman defensive tackle Aaron Crawford will have season-ending surgery to repair a left foot fracture, on Thursday. He suffered...

UNC Football Rallies to Support the ‘Save the Fox’ Campaign

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 8, 2015 | Featured, News Around Town, UNC Sports

The UNC football team is joining in on the “Save the Fox” campaign aimed at helping Superior Court Judge Carl Fox. Fox is a UNC alumnus who was diagnosed in April with cancer where the bone marrow fails to make enough healthy...

Stroman On Sports: Sports And Social Justice

Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 6, 2015 | UNC Sports

Sports can be a powerful tool for social justice. How well are we using it?

Tar Heel Football Players in the Pros – Week 4

Posted by Staff | Oct 5, 2015 | Professional, Sports, UNC Sports

The Tar Heels currently have 23 former players on NFL rosters. Here’s a quick look at how the former Tar Heel football players did this weekend for their respective teams. Marvin Austin – DT – Denver Broncos (UNC 07-09)...

Tar Heels Complete Largest Comeback In School History, Beat GT 38-31

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 3, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

With four minutes remaining in the first half, the UNC football team had just let Georgia Tech run the ball down the field for its third touchdown of the game on its third drive of the game. Down 21-0 at that time, all hope...

UNC Women’s Soccer Game Moved

Posted by Staff | Oct 2, 2015 | News, UNC Sports

The UNC women’s soccer team will host Boston College on Friday afternoon at 3 PM. The Tar Heels were originally scheduled to play at 7 PM, but the decision was made to move the game up due to heavy rain. Cedar Falls Park,...

UNC Linebacker’s Football Career Over Due to Neck Injury

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 2, 2015 | UNC Sports

UNC linebacker Joe Jackson will be unable to continue his playing career after suffering a neck injury. The university announced Jackson’s decision on Thursday. Jackson, a junior from Jacksonville, Florida, was injured in the...

UNC Football Preview: Georgia Tech’s Triple Option Always a Test

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 2, 2015 | Featured, Sports, UNC Sports

For the first time during Head Coach Larry Fedora’s four-year tenure, the UNC Football team is 3-1 after its first four games. This week the Tar Heels take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta—a place they have not won...

The Classic “Williams-Trubisky” Debate Heads to Atlanta

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 1, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Last week against Delaware, UNC Head Football Coach Larry Fedora made a bold move halfway through the second quarter. He benched his senior quarterback, Marquise Williams, in favor of sophomore Mitch Trubisky. Trubisky ended up...

UNC Women’s and Men’s Soccer Ranked No. 1 and 2 Respectively

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 30, 2015 | UNC Sports

The undefeated UNC women’s soccer team is now ranked number one in the country, in the latest NCAA poll that came out Tuesday. Carolina knocked off Wake Forest for its latest victory on Sunday, 1-0. They take the field again...

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